WASHINGTON – Tennessee’s senators are worried the Internal Revenue Service might be targeting nonprofits affiliated with tea party organizations. In a letter sent to IRS commissioner Douglas Schulman today, Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, along with ten other Republicans, said nonprofit organizations in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Texas have contacted them about IRS inquiries […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is “keeping the heat on” Rep. Stephen Fincher, according to DCCC spokesman Adam Hodge. The group is launching automated phone calls in Fincher’s 8th Congressional District this week, urging constituents to tell the Frog Jump Republican to vote for the tax-cut compromise reached in the Senate on Saturday. That compromise, […]

Some 161 million Americans would pay lower taxes next year if Congress approves a proposal to cut Social Security payroll taxes by 3.1 percent next year, the White House says. About 3.3 million Tennesseans would see their Social Security taxes cut in half, collectively saving $3.2 billion, according to a White House report released today. […]

In Session got a chance to speak with Sen. Lamar Alexander this morning while he made his way from an appearance at A.O. Smith’s plant in Ashland City and a rally for 8th Congressional District candidate Stephen Fincher in Paris. Alexander, whose role as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference makes him one of the […]

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp released his 2009 tax return Thursday, reporting income of $166,700. Wamp listed $16 in taxable interest, but no dividends or other income from investments. Wamp claimed nearly $9,200 in unreimbursed job expenses, deducted nearly $5,000 in gifts to charity and wound up paying $18,240 in federal taxes. Wamp had already released […]

The House just passed a resolution declaring how Tennessee is a state and the federal government best back up and respect our sovereignty. Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, trumpeted the bill during the first Nashville Tea Party for all of those states-righters that didn’t like federal spending or taxes or President Obama. House Democratic Caucus […]

Sen. Lamar Alexander used today’s tax deadline as the backdrop for pushing his idea of a one-page federal tax return. His proposal calls for people to have the option to file the simplified form with a simplified rate system, 19 percent for the first two years and a 17 percent rate after that. “This proposal […]